JosephLeventhalMD

General Surgery • Chicago, IL

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Fowler McCormick Professor in Surgery-Organ Transplantation, Northwestern Medicine

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Office
676 North St Clair Street
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-695-9019

Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1996 - 1998
University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1996
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1996 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2008 - 2017
MN State Medical License 1990 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Clinical Trials

Induction of Donor Specific Tolerance in Recipients of Living Kidney Allografts by Donor FCRx Infusion Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 2
TLI, TBI, ATG & Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Recipient T Regs Therapy in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2020 Feb 01
Recruiting
Phase 1
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.
Helen Stark, Quan Yao Ho, Amy Cross, Alessandro Alessandrini, Alice Bertaina
Transplantation. 2025-01-13
2 citations
HLA molecular mismatches and induced donor-specific tolerance in combined living donor kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Aleksandar Senev, Anat R Tambur, Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis, Hannah Charlotte Copley, Cynthia García-Sánchez
Frontiers in Immunology. 2024-01-01
Editorial: Precision therapeutics using next generation technologies in transplantation.
Satish N Nadig, Joseph Leventhal, Lorenzo Gallon, Carl Atkinson
Frontiers in Transplantation. 2024-01-01

Press Mentions

Stem Cells Instead of Drugs? Northwestern Trial Testing a Way to Help Strengthen Transplant Patients’ Immune SystemsDecember 29th, 2021
Talaris Therapeutics Presents High-Resolution Analysis of HLA Mismatching in Phase 2 Trial in Living Donor Kidney TransplantDecember 14th, 2021
Severe COVID-19 Negatively Impacts Kidney Function in Kidney Transplant RecipientsAugust 31st, 2021
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